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adjective

Definition of filterednext
as in purified

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verb

past tense of filter
1
as in strained
to pass through a filter steep the tea and then filter it to get rid of the leaves

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2
as in refined
to remove usually visible impurities from after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again

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Recent Examples of filtered
Verb
Vogue is committed to reporting and riffing on the global fashion conversation—always filtered through the lens of culture and what’s happening in the world at large. — Vogue, 14 July 2026 The shepherd observed as Underwood boiled and stirred and filtered his brew. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026 The cold water at the kitchen sink is filtered and there are refill stations throughout the property, including at the fitness center, which, incidentally, is filled with new Technogym equipment. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026 First came establishing the Luke Bell Memorial Affordable Counseling Program, where royalties from his works are filtered to make mental health treatments more readily accessible in his home state of Wyoming. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026 Fresh marigold leaves were rinsed, chopped, crushed, centrifuged, filtered, and evaporated. — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 6 July 2026 Tucked away in a grotto filtered by the shade of olive trees and Aleppo pine, the facility looks like a game of Jenga, badly played. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2026 Afternoon sun floods through the windows, filtered by gauzy curtains. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026 Blend 2½ cups frozen mixed berries (such as strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and/or blackberries), 1 cup filtered water or unsweetened coconut water, ¾ cup whole milk or 2% cottage cheese, and 2 Tbsp. — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filtered
  1. purified
  2. strained
  3. refined
  4. pure
  5. screened
  6. extracted
  7. undiluted
  8. clarified
Adjective
  • Similarly, SpudCell was assembled from the bottom up with purified, nonliving parts.
    — Tara Deans, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
  • Workers feed iron ore, coal and limestone into the furnaces’ top and use long sticks to punch open holes for purified molten iron to flow out from the bottom.
    — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Definition of purified
Verb
  • Relations between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh have also been strained by differing approaches to the wars in Sudan and Yemen, relations with Israel, and management of oil markets.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 July 2026
  • Some are mothers, some daughters, with relationships that can be deeply loving or strained or both.
    — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of strained
Verb
  • Keren’s approach—refined through dozens of iterations, tested on skin, and developed with global precision via perfumer networks—is deeply personal and culturally attuned.
    — Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Every season of Industry has refined the series, asked more of its stars, and accurately spit at some of our culture’s biggest pain points.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2026
Definition of refined
Adjective
  • The achievement shows how OpenAI and other AI firms are heavily investing in pure mathematics as a way to benchmark the technology’s ascent towards reasoning—and the strange directions those efforts often take.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 14 July 2026
  • There were new artists emerging who were sort of pure electronic artists like Kraftwerk and Gary Numan and so on.
    — Peter Larsen, Daily News, 14 July 2026
Definition of pure
Verb
  • Early awards buzz is already building around several of the titles, which has screened for festival programmers.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 July 2026
  • Kansas is one of 21 states that rely on governors selecting appointees from a pre-approved list of candidates screened by nominating commissions, a Star analysis found.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
Definition of screened
Verb
  • Forty years of decisions, regulatory adaptations and market responses have never been extracted.
    — Nitin Rakesh, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Instead, the metadata from that audio and images would be extracted and uploaded to the server for Meta’s AI to query, which proponents argue would have fewer privacy implications.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 8 July 2026
Definition of extracted
Adjective
  • Remove Mold Stains From Painted Walls Kill mold spores and lighten moldy stains by spraying the area with undiluted hydrogen peroxide.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 14 July 2026
  • But the accountability stays, whole and undiluted, with the physician.
    — Afnan R. Tariq, STAT, 8 July 2026
Definition of undiluted
Verb
  • When asked how that policy would be affected by the new budget language, Pojmann clarified that her comments referred to the department’s practice before the law took effect.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • Known for his deep technical knowledge and signature milk punches, Gibson has brought that ingenuity to Lucky Star through his reserved cocktails, such as the cookies and cream made with rum, clarified milk tea and creme de cacao.
    — Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
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